New migrant 'invasion' of Britain bigger than the Vikings, Romans and Norman Conquest

New migrant 'invasion' of Britain bigger than the Vikings, Romans and Norman Conquest

THE massive numbers of migrants flooding into the country have become the biggest British 'invasion' in history - dwarfing even assaults by the Vikings, Romans and the French during the Norman Conquest.

The Norman Conquest brought in less new migrants than the UK's current migration

The scale of the recent 'European Conquest' since 2004 dwarfs every other successful attempt to colonise Britain which fill the pages of every schoolroom history book.

This week figures showed net migration to the UK remained at record levels - with 323,000 arriving the year to September.

They figures do not include the mumber of illegal migrants and follow revelations there are 8 MILLION non-UK nationals currently living Britain.

The massive numbers make the famous historical invasions of Britain seem tiny.

Back in AD43 Roman Emperor Claudius sent General Aulus Plautius with a mere four legions, totalling 20,000 men and despite the million-strong population Aulus managed to make himself the the first governor of Roman Britain.

As the Roman Empire collapsed and the Angles and Saxons targeted ancient Britain (with its new Roman roads) and between the fifth and seventh centuries about 250,000 made their homes here.

Around the year 800 an estimated 21,000 Vikings started pillaging the east coast with many also settling here when their marauding was over.

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And of course the 1066 Norman Conquest is what the history books usually refer to as the last successful invasion of Britain - however modern historians believe William the Conqueror came over from France with a maximum of 12,000 men.